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Breathe

So much has happened in my life in the past 21 days, sometimes I have to remind myself to slow down and take some deep breaths. Stopping to look at a cool moth settled on my screen door is one of the things that helps me do that. Here are the highlights (and lowlights) of […]

This & That

For the last few days I’ve spent my time weaving & weeding, and enjoying them both. All that construction took me away from both of these activities, both of which bring me joy.

Not only did I finish JJ’s short wrap, I only have 55″ left of NB’s to weave tomorrow! The weft for […]

Light to dark

JJ ordered 2 wraps from this warp – one on the short side and one quite short for a ring sling.

The first is that cotton/hemp blend of my last post. I want to clarify here that although I chose not to unweave the two heart motifs at the beginning of the warp, I won’t […]

First hemp-ish weft

JJ wanted me to use a new-to-me yarn for one of her wefts: an organic cotton/hemp blend. After I got the warp tied to the front apron I spread it and checked for any threading errors (none – yay!) with 3 rows of hearts with scrap tencel. Then I wove 5 hearts with the […]

5 shades of grey

I’m so glad to be back to my ‘regular’ life. Spending lots of time weaving, listening to NPR or books on tape, being home alone. I know this would sound really boring & unpleasant to some, but it suits me well.

We’ve finally gotten some real rain – an inch yesterday and a […]